Chris and I had the wonderful opportunity this past Saturday to go and hear both Larry and Brenda Farris speak on their experiences in homeschooling their 3 boys. Extraordinary story...Extraordinary couple!

They shared plenty of laughable, touching and monumental moments in their homeschooling lives. But most importantly what Chris & I gained from that evening is that while we are teaching our own children we need to be more "in-tune" with the Spirit of God. And to be sure to stop and ponder {often... no, Always} on those precious moments as they occur!To Larry out there, if you are reading this, "We Got It!".

Another wonderful thing we experienced that evening {outside of homeschooling} was that the host, Laree Duncan had such a beautiful home and...on her walls was the EXACT color I am wanting to paint our school/playroom!It was so nice to be able to point that out for Chris to see instead of trying to explain to him the exact color of green I am wanting.Thank you Laree for sharing your gorgeous home with us!Oh and if you are looking for a cool way to set up your children's chores...here is another really cool thing Laree shared with us. She mentioned that she got the idea from a TJEd book. I believe that would be from the Home Companion.Check it out...

Each envelope is programmed for each room in her home.

In each of these envelopes you will find laminated cards identifying each job/chore/service opportunity (depending on how you look at it) within that room...such as these examples below:

I never did ask what the (A) & (B) were for but I presume that it may classify the level of difficulty.(A)'s being easier than (B)'s.

These cards are then divided up between the children and placed into another set of envelopes below the "rooms" envelopes and labeled as "IN".When the chore/job/service opportunity is completed...the card then gets moved to the "OUT" envelope.Each child has their own set of "IN" & "OUT" envelopes as you can see in the picture below:

Laree mentions that she purchased the envelopes at a teaching supply store.Laree didn't have these laminated. But I'm thinking that you could experiment in laminating them & in using a exacto blade (or razor blade type tool), you could carefully slice open the tops of the envelopes.Once again Audrey Dexter (the amazing woman behind the scenes), you put together a wonderful night!Thank you!!!

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Chris & DeAyn

We are happy parents of 9 children: 6 boys (1 angel) & 3 girls. Our favorite family activity is to go rock climbing and camping. We love the outdoors but will settle for life's little luxuries when we can.

We like to be frugal without cutting corners. We are most creative and have lots of fun when are working together on projects.

We are a homeschooled family with children, who some have been diagnosed with Autism - Asperger's Syndrome. We implement the teachings and methods of the Thomas Jefferson Education (TJEd) model in our home.

We have created this blog to allow you (the reader) to take a little peek into our busy lives, get to know us better or to just keep yourself updated on our family.

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